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Sep 12 Milk Chocolate Clarity

This poem is a portion of the third entry into Issue 1 of Omakase Magazine: “Idols,” which will be running during September and October. To learn more about this issue, check out our Letter from the Editor.

We are running three poems from our staff writer Ryan Burton to start the week. We hope you enjoy them as much as we have.

Your eyes look like the flat side of a Hershey’s KissTwo petite pigments of creamy chocolate that follow your brain’s orders like soldiers of sight

During your life you will meet enchanting emerald eyes that are as green as the forestYou will stumble upon amber eyes that glitter like copper coins through deep and gloomy mines

Azure eyes look like the sky on a sunshiny dayGray eyes look like the clouds as they puff up with rain

Your eyes may not sparkle but you don’t need sparks to shineAll you need is the clarity in your milk chocolate eyes

Every time you want to play hide and seek with the moonlightOr take shelter in the shadowsSee the hope that the sun sees every time she wakes up in the morning

When your daydreams diminishAnd your pipe dreams get poppedDirect your dreams with the arrow of a compass that will help you navigate a pathway

When you and out of love and out of love fall in love and in love and swear off loveAnd your heart totter that you are tired of riding feels like a teeter-

Remember that the person that sees you for all of you is the best person to loveRemember to see you for all of you for you because you are the first and best person to love

They say that hindsight is 20/20And foresight is a virtueThe best insight you will gain will come from seeing the world from new sights

Your eyes may not sparkle but you don’t need sparks to shineColor the world with your milk chocolate eyes